Reporters and editors at The New York Times had diligently prepared for one outcome of the 2016 presidential race. Then the election results poured in.

A Hindu politician has accused his Christian predecessor of allowing a temple’s sanctity to be violated with an animal product.

The former first lady portrayed a second Trump administration as dire for American women. And she accused the media and many voters of holding Kamala Harris to a higher standard than Donald Trump.

The Italian authorities carried out a drill of their plan to save a half-million people from toxic fumes, deadly quakes or a full eruption. Vesuvius isn’t the volcano they’re worried about.

After a recent dam disaster, Nigerian officials blamed God, climate change and poor people. But experts had warned the dam was at risk well before it collapsed. The officials did nothing.

Russians in the area of Ukraine’s invasion have described seeing signs of violent encounters, as well as respectful treatment from Ukrainian troops.

Mayor Eric Adams of New York, an embattled Democrat who has been indicted on federal corruption charges, has been careful in what he says about the former president.

A sense of uncertainty prevailed in Iran after an Israeli retaliatory strike. Explosions kept some awake, while others hoped life would go back to normal.

I think there’s an answer. But it’s not age — or, at least, it’s not just age.

Few approved of Mr. Adams’s job performance, and he trailed Andrew Cuomo and Letitia James in an early survey of potential mayoral candidates.

Israeli attacks hit air-defense systems around important energy sites but avoided the facilities themselves, Iranian and Israeli officials said. The United States had urged Israel not to strike energy and oil facilities.

And it’s not because of democracy issues.

After military-on-military attacks, will Israel and Iran be able to contain their conflict? Maria Abi-Habib, an investigative correspondent for The New York Times, looks at an unprecedented new chapter in the Middle East.

Voters cast ballots on Saturday in a parliamentary election that, preliminary results suggest, could derail the country’s pro-Western course.

The event, hosted at a church in the Bronx, served as the unofficial start of the city’s 2025 mayoral race.

Top military leaders and high-ranking former officials from his administration have issued warning after warning that Donald J. Trump would rule as a dictator if given the chance.

The courtroom presence of Jo-Ellan Dimitrius illustrates the pressure on the 12 people who will decide if Daniel Penny is guilty of manslaughter for choking a man on a New York subway train.

Starting in November, licensed home kitchens in Los Angeles County will be able to sell dine-in and to-go meals, as a 5-year-old state law expands.

A group experts call Salt Typhoon is believed to be behind a sophisticated breach into major telecommunication companies that has taken aim at American leaders.

The senator discusses the “astonishing” support for the former president in Pennsylvania, his rift with progressives over Israel and his own position in the Democratic Party.